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Old 04-19-2009, 01:56 PM
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ive heard from a couple people that if you go above a certain inch lift (3 generally) that you need a different drive shaft or something like that, i dont know if that is true, i am in the process of getting ready to decide how high to lift mine and am just lookin into anything that would come back to bite me in the *** if i didnt know about it before hand
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i did 3 with coils and ba$tard pack in the rear.got pro-comp shocks for 3.5 inch lift.moved the brake lines down-easy.thats it well i got new tires and rims.its very easy and i did the HOLE lift for under 200.
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It seems to vary with vehicles, but many rigs can do 4.5" without driveshaft modifications.
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im lookin at doin a 4.5 and in the kit it says it comes with a driveshaft drop kit, is that what people are talking about as far as driveshaft modifications, or is it jsut gettin a whole new one
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im lookin at doin a 4.5 and in the kit it says it comes with a driveshaft drop kit, is that what people are talking about as far as driveshaft modifications, or is it jsut gettin a whole new one
There are SOOOOO many threads that talk about exactly this i bet if you look at the first few pages of Cherokee Chat you will have your question answered ten fold.
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im lookin at doin a 4.5 and in the kit it says it comes with a driveshaft drop kit, is that what people are talking about as far as driveshaft modifications, or is it jsut gettin a whole new one
Most of the time everyone refers to those as transfer case drops. I think that is a more accurate description.
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